Door catch



June 1 1926. 1,586,836.

S. W. PARSONS DOOR CATCH Filed Sept. 12, 1924 gwuinto'v aktozwu Patented June 1 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

STUART W. PARSONS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTTCTIT, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANLEY WORKS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

noon CATCH.

Application filed September 12, 1924. Serial No. 737,295.

This invention relates to door catches of the sort having a lever pivoted between its ends, one end of the lever being in the path of the door to check-the closing movement thereof and thereby prevent the door from slamming noisily or violently, and, the other end of the lever being adapted to engage the outside of the door to complete its closing movement and to hold the door in tightly closed position, a spring being associated with the lever so as to throw the same to its extreme positions. Door catches of this sort are used in connection with spring closed doors such as, for instance, screen doors.

The aim of the invention is to provide a door catch of this sort having various fea tures of novelty and advantage, and which is particularly characterized by its neat and pleasing appearance, by its simplicity in construction and economy in manufacture, and by its durability and effectiveness in opera tion. 7

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out more in detail hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the'appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein I have shown, for illustrative purposes, one

embodiment which the present invention may take Figure 1 is atop plan view of the device associated with a door shown in horizontal section;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a view taken longitudinally and centrally through the device, the lever being shown in door checking position;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on line H of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of the member to which the spring is anchored.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A denotes a casing or support; and B, a lever pivoted between its endsto the support and having at one end a roller C which the door is adapted to strike as it swings into closing position, as shown most clearlyv in Fig. 3. The other end of the lever carries aroller D adapted to engage the outside of the door to complete the closing movement thereof and hold the sametightly closed. E is a spring connected at one end to the lever B and at the other end to a bracket or anchor F and so arranged as to snap the lever to each of its extreme positions. The letter G designates rivets which connect the bracket F to the support A. In Fig. 1, the support A is shown as being secured to a door casing H adjacent the swinging or free edge of the door, the latter being designated by the letter I.

The support A is preferably formed of sheet metal by stamping out a blank of the desired configuration and then bending and drawing the blank to the shape shown. The support is generally U-shaped in section and has generaly parallel side walls 10 and a connecting or end ,wall 11, the lat ter being longitudinally curved to corre spond. generally to the longitudinal curva ture of the lever B. The support may be secured to the door casing in any suitable manner and, to this end, it may be provided with flanges 12 aperturcd to accommodate securing screws 18. The forward or outer end of the support is provided with alined apertured bossesfl l which, together with complementary bosses 15 on the bracket F, constitute bearings for the lever B. The bosses l4 and 15 are preferably formed by punching holes inthe metal and bending the metal about the holes-outwardly or inward- 1y, as the case may be. The openings 16 in the bosses 14, and the corresponding open ings 17 in the bosses 15, are non-circular. They are, preferably, square, as shown, and the rivets are likewise square so to prevent relative movement between the bracket F and the support. The bracket F, which is also, by preference, constructed of sheet metal stamped and bent to proper shape, is in the form of a U or yoke, and the connecting portion 20 of the yoke is provided with an apertured tongue 21 to which is at tached one end of the spring E.

The lever B, which is, preferably, formed of a single piece of sheet metal, is longitudinally curved so that it is somewhat crescent shaped. As breviously stated, the longitudh nal curvature of the lever corresponds generally to the curvature of the end wall 11 of the support so that the device presents a neat and pleasing design. The lever B is also transversely curved, that is to say, it is gcnerallyli or channel shaped in cross section. The side (i. e. top and bottom) walls 'nated by the numeral of the lever are tie 25, and the trontiw. The side walls, are provided. with aiined apertures 27 which receive the bearings formed by the cooperating bosses l4 and 155 The roilerC is preferably formed of re silient material, such as rubber, andls ournalled on a shat'L QScarried by ears29exend ot the lever. The rlyf'journalled on a shaft 3i at tliefot he'r end of the 1 initiatesmovement oi the lever B" frorn 'the" position si own in 1, and, atte'rfth-e spring has, been thrown past dead center, t snaps the lever to the position shown m Fig. 3., When the door ,is swung 7 into closed po-' sition, it engages the roller (1, as shown in Fig. 3, whereupon the closing movement of the door is checked and violent slamming.

thereof is avoided. 'The door, continuing its closing movement, will swlng the lever counter-cloclqvise and, after the spring has been thrown past dead center, it will'snap' the lever to theposition shown in Fig, 1, thus insuring that the door w llbe brought to fully closed position and heldfin that position.

It will be observed, and particularly from Fig. 2, that when viewing'the d'evic'e'in front a a a elevation, the spr ng E and the bracket 1* are entirely concealed by the lever B" and that thatend of the lever .carryingtl'ie roller C is housed within and concealed .by the support A. Thus, thereis only exposed to,

view the rounded portio rof the lever, the support A, and a portion of th'e rolier D., The lever B which, by preference, is one integral piece, may be tactired from wrought lsl for holding the'plates tog tl er .beingle'n tirely eliminatet, The bearings for the lever are cheaply iormed, the parts oft-he bearings may be readily assembled together, and wear ,upon the bearings is negligible, As previouslypointed out, the mernber F, in addition to constituting, in part, bearings for the lever,.also serves as an anchor for one end of the spring E. The Structure comprises but relativelyfew parts, ach of which, may be manufactured at a relatively low cost, the parts may be readily assembled together, and these parts are Partieularly strong and durable' so that the. catch will have a relatively long 'life.'

As many changes could be made in the l by the numeral '26,

i tended to cover that end of the fi'ont jwall 26 cry 3 cheaply nianu .t was. the u e of sep'arate plates and plllS Ol' cross struts.

above construction. and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from thescope thereoiit is intended that all matter, contained in, the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

he understood that the lanthe following claims is inall or the generic andfspecific features of the invention herein described and all statements the scope of the involition"which, as a matter of language,

It is also to guage used in Ill'lig'liil be said to fall tl'ierebctween. 4

I claim as my invention 1. In device of the character described, a support, a longitudinally curved lever pivotedbetween its endsand having a front wallfa'nd-a spring connected to said lever for throwing the same into each of its extreme positions, said front wall extending beyond each. end of said spring and said spring being positionedbehind said wall, whereby said springis concealed from front viewby said front wall when said lever is in door holding position.

In a deviceof the character described, a support, asheet metal lever curved longitudinally and generally channelshaped in cross section and pivoted between its ends on said support, a springanchorcarried by said support, and a spring connected at one end of said lev'er 'andat the other end to said anchor, said lever having its front, wall extending beyond each, end of said spring and said anchor being between the ends 0i said front wall whereby said spring and anchor are concealed from front view by said lever wherirthe, latter is indoor holdingposition. I

3. In a device of the. character described, a sheet metal support'having a pair of side wallsand an intermediate connecting wall longitudinally curved, a sheet metal lever longitudinally curved corresponding totne curvature of saidconnecting,walhsaid lever having side walls pivoted to the side walls of said support and a front wall between the side'walls, one e'nd'ot said lever being housed within and coiicealed'bysaid support when the lever is in door holding position, and, a spring connectedto said lever behind the ti e Well thereof for throwing the same into its extreme, positions, said front wall extending beyondeach end of said spring.

4. In a device of the character described, a support provided with side walls, a lever having; sidewalls fitting Within the side w'allsofsaid; support, rivets passing through the correspondingside walls of said sup portend leveifl'a spring anchor fined tosaid rivets, and spring connected at one endto said'lever'and atitsi other endlto said anchor.

5. In a device of the character described, a support provided with sidewalls having alined non-circular apertures, a U-shaped member having its ends provided with noncircular openings registering with those in the said side walls, rivets fitting in said noncircular openings and securing said member against movement, a sheet metal lever having side walls journalled between the side walls of said support and the ends of said member, and spring connected at one end to said lever and at its other end to said member.

6. In a device of the character described, a support provided with side walls, a member positioned between said walls and having, adjacent its ends, cylindrical bearings, rivets extending through said side walls and said bearings, a sheet metal lever channel shaped in cross section and having its side walls journa lled,'on said bearings, and a spring between said member and lever.

7. In a device of the character described,

see 8 a support having side walls provided with apertured inwardly extending bosses, a member provided with apertured outwardly extending bosses adapted to cooperate with said first mentioned bosses to constitute bearings, rivets passing through the respective bosses and securing said member against movement relative to said support, a lever provided with side walls journalled on said bearings, and a spring between said lever and member.

8. In a device of the character described, a support provided with side walls, a lever having side walls fitting within the side walls of said support, a member carried by and fixed against movement relative to said first side walls and extending therebet-ween, said side walls oi said lever having bearings on said member, and said member hav ing its central portion offset from said bearends to said offset and lever.

STUART W. PARSONS. 

